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If it were only a very minor psychological discomfort, you'd be right. Unfortunately, other clientele in the store may harass you and follow you out of the stor
by toothrot 3y ago
If it were only a very minor psychological discomfort, you'd be right. Unfortunately, other clientele in the store may harass you and follow you out of the store.
As someone who has been on the receiving end of incredibly violent threats, being able to not be outed publicly is critical to everyday safety for trans people.
- namdnay 3y agoi thought the minor discomfort being referred to was that of changing your name and reissuing a new ID card. i can definitely understand how it would get grating to explain the change at every security check
- snotrockets 3y agoA legal name change is quite a chore, not a minor discomfort.
- namdnay 3y ago[flagged]
- toothrot 3y agoIt can be procedurally very long and drawn out, especially in less welcoming states. To your point, transitioning is a massive process. Making something bureaucratically painful significantly easier is very welcome to an overwhelming process.
- namdnay 3y agoFair enough
- snotrockets 3y agoThis isn't just useful for transitioning of course. I'm cis, but the way my name is spelled in official documents makes Americans pronounce it wrong (not their fault: it's just bad transliteration). Going and changing it is a pain, and would make many simple beurocractic tasks more complicated, having to explain that every document printed before the change does indeed belong to me, and here are the name change documents, and yes, I know this makes your computer system barf, etc etc. Systems that have a separate field for a government name are great: I can have the Americanized spelling for the display name, without the hassle.
- snotrockets 3y agoIt's not about sex.
- 93po 3y agoThe vast majority of people who are trans do not have surgery and being trans has nothing to do with your genitals. I feel like this really shouldn't need to be explained in 2024.
- uxp8u61q 3y agoYou should read more carefully. GP wrote "minor psychological discomfort". They're definitely trying to downplay the danger that transgender people sometimes get put in.
- wand3r 3y agoNot parent, but I agree with the general point. Leaving this specific example aside which is a real world interaction, we (America) have gone to far to redefine what "safety" is. Ben Shapiro speaking at your school is not "putting you in danger".
- snotrockets 3y agoSome people may act on Ben Shapiro's ideas, and that would put other people in danger.
- roynasser 3y agonot how free speech works... "someone could act on that idea" isnt a good enough reason to sanction speech imo
- snotrockets 3y agoGovernment may make no rule about stupidity, but Ben Shapiro and his fans are certainly not welcome anywhere I am.